Founded by an extremely rare industry-academia partnership in 1907 in Osaka, Japan, Daihatsu has emerged as one of the primary manufacturers of medium speed marine diesel engines from Japan. Over the decades it developed into one of Japan’s leading builders of compact and reliable marine diesel engines. Today Daihatsu Diesel operates as part of the broader Daihatsu Motor Co. group and focuses on medium-speed engines used mainly as auxiliary engines aboard commercial ships. These engines are widely installed on container ships, bulk carriers, tankers, and passenger vessels to provide onboard electrical power for navigation systems, cargo handling, and hotel loads. Daihatsu engines are known for their compact design, fuel efficiency, and reliability, making them particularly popular with shipbuilders and shipping companies in Asia. The company also produces diesel and dual-fuel engines for land-based power generation, including emergency generators and independent power plants.  Daihatsu has always had a clear vision that enabled them to build engines that combined high-performance with classic Japanese reliability and sustainability, with its legacy engines such as the DS and DL series being industry standouts and the newer series such as the DK – especially DK-20 engines – being one of the most popular engines in the maritime industry.

Alang Maritime has always acknowledged the popularity of Daihatsu engines, with much of our early business being focused around exporting Daihatsu parts to Greece and Cyprus. We have not forgotten our roots and still stock major engine components for Daihatsu engines – from older models such as PS-26 to newer models such as DC-17. Reach out to Alang Maritime for your Daihatsu engine parts.